René Henri Theophile Lunden, Baron de Lunden (2 June 1902 – 3 April 1942) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1939 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

Lunden also competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing eighth in both the two-man and four-man events.

René Lunden

Lunden joined the British RAF during World War II, was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, and was killed in an air crash while returning from a mission in April 1942 aged 39. His body was repatriated to Belgium after the war.

René Lunden

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René Lunden's biography

1902 births

1942 deaths

Belgian male bobsledders

Olympic bobsledders for Belgium

Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II

Belgian military personnel killed in World War II

Royal Air Force pilots of World War II

British World War II bomber pilots

Royal Air Force officers

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II

René Lunden